Year 2038 bug can affect ext4 filesystems

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • ext4 filesystems with a inode size of 128 won't be able to store dates after 2038 due to the 2038 bug

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9

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